Conservative writer says Republicans are often deluded by the right-wing echo chamber

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Oct 4, 2013 at 5:15 PMOct 4, 2013 at 6:15 PM

Daniel Larison of The American Conservative says THIS of the controversy over the government shutdown:

The trouble is that the Republicans most eager to have this fight may believe that they can prevail somehow, and they seem to be encouraged in this belief because they are relying on the same sources of misinformation that have served them so poorly in the past.

It is as if no one learned anything from the experience of the party-wide delusion that Romney was going to win the election. Some Republicans are making all of the same mistakes that they made when they ignored ...

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Daniel Larison of The American Conservative says THIS of the controversy over the government shutdown:

The trouble is that the Republicans most eager to have this fight may believe that they can prevail somehow, and they seem to be encouraged in this belief because they are relying on the same sources of misinformation that have served them so poorly in the past.

It is as if no one learned anything from the experience of the party-wide delusion that Romney was going to win the election. Some Republicans are making all of the same mistakes that they made when they ignored ...